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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • eric_fredric0004@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "sadiq alman" <sadiqalman1@latinmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:03:28 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: THANKS FOR YOUR EFFORTS




Dearest.Friend,
This is to inform you about my success in getting the
money moved under the co-operation of a new partner from Paraguay.
Presently i'm in Paraguay for investing with my own part of the total money, Meanwhile i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to

assist me in moving the cash despite that both of us could not make it.

Now contact my secretary, his name is MR. FRED ERICand his email address is (eric_fredric0004@yahoo.fr)ask him to send you the

ATM MASTER CARD which contains the sum of ($850,000.00) i kept for your compensation of all the past efforts and attempts to

assist me in this matter, I appreciate your efforts at that time very much.
So feel free and get in touch with my secretary MR. FRED ERIC and instruct him where to send you the ATM CARD.

So please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy together after all the sufferness at that time,In the

moment, I am very busy here investing with my new partner.

Finally, I have forwarded instruction to my secretary to send the Confirmable ATM MASTER CARD to you,So dont hesitate to get in

touch with MR. FRED ERICand intruct him on how you want the CARD to be delivered. DO FAST AND CONTACT HIM IMMEDIETLY

OK?
Best Regards
SADIQ ALMAN


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